Model comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Claude Haiku 4.5
anthropic · claude-haiku-4-5
- Input
- $1
- Output
- $5
- Context
- 200K
Qwen3.6 Plus
openrouter · openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-plus
- Input
- $0.325
- Output
- $1.95
- Context
- 1M
Quick take
Qwen3.6 Plus has the lower input price at $0.325 per 1M input tokens. Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 if...
- Claude Haiku 4.5 is stronger when the same large prompt or document is reused because it supports prompt caching.
Choose Qwen3.6 Plus if...
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
- Qwen3.6 Plus gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $2.00 | $0.72 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 10M input + 2M output | $20.00 | $7.15 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 100M input + 20M output | $200.00 | $71.50 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
Context, output, and capability fit
Qwen3.6 Plus provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Claude Haiku 4.5 max output
- 64K
- Qwen3.6 Plus max output
- 65.5K
- Claude Haiku 4.5 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Qwen3.6 Plus features
- function calling, vision
Risk notes for Claude Haiku 4.5
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Risk notes for Qwen3.6 Plus
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
fastbudgetagentsenterprise-ragcache-friendlyragcodingreasoningopen-weightlocal-open